Sister I'm a Poet
Colin MeloyVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
And all over this town
A slow wind may blow
And I can see through everybody's clothes
With no reason to hide these words I feel
And no reason to talk about the books I read
But still I do
That's cause I'm a...
Sister I'm a...
All over this town
Along the way outside the prison gates
I love the romance of crime
And I wonder
Does anybody feel the same way I do?
And is evil just something you are
Or something you do?
But now I'm a...
Sister I'm a...
All over this town
And all over this town
They pull over in their Citroen vans
Not to shake your hand
With meths on their breaths
And you with youth on your side
A plastic bag stranded at the light
This once was me...
But now I'm a...
Sister I'm a...
All over this town
Oh, all over this town
All over this town
All over this town
Oh...
~
Here's a little variation you
can add to the E major chord of the
main riff that's followed
by the quick G chord, then
chord.
e|-0------0-0---
b|-0------0-0---
G|-1--0h1-1-1---
D|-2--2---2-2---
A|-2------2-2---
E|-0------0-0---
in short, quickly strum the first E
chord, lift off your pointer finger
that should have been on the 1st fret
of the G string so it is now open,
then pluck the D string, with
your middle finger still on the 2nd
fret from the chord, then hammer back
onto the 1st fret of the G string
with your pointer finger, then 2
very quick strums of the E major
chord, it sounds great when
it's pulled off :)
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Readable chord sheet for Sister I'm a Poet by Colin Meloy
[E] [G] [A] [E] [G] [A] [G] [A] [G] [E] [G] [A] [E] [G] [A] [G] [E] [A]And all over this [C#m]town A slow wind may [A]blow And I can see through [B]everybody's clothes With no [A]reason to hide these [B]words I feel And no [A]reason to talk about the [B]books I read But still I [E]do [G]That's cause [A]I'm a... [E] [G]Sister [A]I'm a... [G] All [A]over [G]this town [E] [E] [E] [G] [A] [G] [A] [G] [E] [A]Along the wa[C#m]y outside the prison gates [A]I love the romance of c[B]rime And I wonder Does [A]anybody feel the same way [B]I do? And is [A]evil just something you [B]are Or something you [E]do? [G]But now [A]I'm a... [E] [G]Sister [A]I'm a... [G] All [A]over [G]this to[E]wn [E] [E] [G] [A] [G] [A] [G] [E] [G] [A] [E] [G] [A] [G] [A] [G] [E] [A] And all over this [C#m]town They pull over in their [A]Citroen vans Not to shake your [B]hand With meths on their [A]breaths And you with youth on [B]your side [A]A plastic bag stranded at the [B]light This once was me[E]... [G]But now [A]I'm a... [E] [G]Sister [A]I'm a... [G] All [A]over [G]this town[E] Oh, all [G]over [A]this town[E] All [G]over [A]this town [E] All [G]over [A]this town [G] [A] [G]Oh...[E] ~ Here's a little variation you can add to the E major chord of the main riff that's followed by the quick G chord, then [A] chord. e|-0------0-0--- b|-0------0-0--- G|-1--0h1-1-1--- D|-2--2---2-2--- A|-2------2-2--- E|-0------0-0--- in short, quickly strum the first E chord, lift off your pointer finger that should have been on the 1st fret of the G string so it is now open, then pluck the D string, with your middle finger still on the 2nd fret from the chord, then hammer back onto the 1st fret of the G string with your pointer finger, then 2 very quick strums of the E major chord, it sounds great when it's pulled off :)